America almost went to war over a couple blown up oil tankers and a drone Iran shot down today. Discuss
Iran War pushed back...for now
Levi Green
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Brody Jones
Was pol not supporting the invasion. Did trump get influenced by them? I don't really know why he did what he did.
Carson Cooper
Don't be a dupe. This is part of the usual provocation playbook.
Daniel Mitchell
Remember that NYT is a regime mouthpiece for whatever regime is in power. Point being to try to bait Iran through sucker moves like this. Iran wouldn't have survived as long as it has without being aware of all these tricks.
Connor Cooper
The Trump admin sent a drone into what Iran says was its sovereign airspace. The US knew Iran would shoot it down in self-defense—but the US gov also knew the corporate media would obediently portray this as Iranian "escalation," helping justify Trump's aggression
The Trump admin's strategy toward Iran is blatantly aggressive and illegal provocation — but the corporate media is dutifully going along with this, helping to whitewash US aggression, portray Iran as the aggressor, and sell a new war.
The corporate media is a handmaiden to war.
Case study in propaganda: NBC's Today show obediently regurgitates the US military's narrative, with no skepticism.
Iran says the US drone was in its airspace; US military says otherwise. Whose claims make the headline? US of course.
This is state media.
today.com
This is 100% war propaganda. This has no journalistic value at all.
NBC's Today interviewed Condoleezza Rice — an architect of the Iraq War! — who blamed everything on Iran, claiming "the Iranians are the troublemakers."
Then this report ends goading Trump to wage war!
The corporate media is inviting the same war criminals who lied to justify the illegal war on Iraq to peddle more lies to justify an illegal war on Iran!
CNBC also did a softball interview with Iraq War architect Condoleezza Rice, who just demonized Iran
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In a sane world, a journalist would be fired for doing a softball interview with Condoleezza Rice on Iran and not once mentioning that she is a war criminal who helped orchestrate the Iraq War, which killed 1 MILLION Iraqis.
But in the US corporate media, you are rewarded.
Austin Davis
Laura Ingram of all people talked about that.
Leo Bennett
He did this with Venezuela as well. Trump is going to end up less bellicose than Obama or Bush due to sheer laziness. Thank God Hillary didn't win.
Carter Nguyen
Every report on the US/Iran struggle should start with:
“In the latest predictable consequence of President Trump’s unilateral unprovoked blowup of the international agreement to control Iran’s nuclear development and decision to fill his defense cabinet with war criminals from the Iraq war…”
I hope all these MAGApedes realize if they get drafted into an Iranian war they will be dodging bullets solely for the benefit of Israelis, Saudis and Oil Executives. When they get home missing a limb or two or three they will be rewarded with lip service of their heroics and nothing else. Hell by the time they get back wages will probably be lower, and the middle class thoroughly destroyed. Seriously, fuck the MAGA cult. Trump’s followers are a cult of sadistic bootlickers and violently fundamental joel olsteen fans. They’re stupid and cultish enough that if Trump claimed that 3/4ths of the world was covered in Mountain Dew made from Jesus tears they would believe it. Those fuckers will fall for any ridiculous Gulf of Tonkin tier false flag he gives them.
Jason Scott
No I mean like Laura Ingram on Fox News said that the same people who were pushing for Iraq were pushing for this.
Support Fox News.
David Phillips
Defense contractors are salivating already.